MaryKate Duignan Glidewell
(born January 17, 1985) is an American
professional wrestler
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. She is known for her work in
WWE
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, where she performed under the ring name Sage Beckett at their
developmental territory
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NXT
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* ''WWE NXT'', a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that began in 2010
** NXT (WWE brand), WWE's Florida-based brand and former developmental territory
* ''NXT UK'', the British spin- ...
.
She is also known for working for
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...
under the ring name Rosie Lottalove. She previously retired on June 24, 2012, due to injuries before resuming her career in October 2014 after losing nearly 130 pounds.
Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2007–2010)
Glidewell trained under tag team
Team 3D
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at their Team 3D Academy of Professional Wrestling and Sports Entertainment in
Kissimmee
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, Florida.
She made her professional wrestling debut in 2007 under the
ring name Betsy Ruth. As part of her
gimmick, Ruth was billed as the great-granddaughter of
Major League Baseball Hall of Fame
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r
Babe Ruth
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and would wear attire involving pinstripes like the
New York Yankees
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and
face paint
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, similar to the Baseball Furies gang from the film ''
The Warriors''. She signed with
World Xtreme Wrestling
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The pr ...
(WXW) in late 2008. Making her debut as Betsy Ruth, she took part in the
Women's Elite 8 Tournament in 2008, but lost to eventual tournament winner
Mercedes Martinez
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. In the 2009 tournament, Ruth defeated
Josie in the first round, Kimberly in the semifinals, and
Sarona Snuka in the finals to win the Elite 8 Tournament. At the January 9, 2010 edition of ''WXW'', Ruth faced Kimberly to determine the next
Women's Champion but was unsuccessful in winning the title.
Glidewell took part in the first season tapings of
Wrestlicious
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, performing under the ring name Sister Ophelia as the manager of the Naughty Girls (Charity,
Faith
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Religious people often ...
, and
Hope).
The team made their debut on the fifth episode, where Faith and Hope were defeated by
Paige Webb and
Charlotte
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in a tag team match.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2010, 2015)
On April 20, 2010, Glidewell wrestled a tryout
dark match
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for
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...
(TNA) under the ring name Miss Betsy, during which she seriously injured her opponent,
Daffney
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.
On May 12, it was announced Duignan had signed a deal with TNA.
On the June 3 edition of '' Impact!'' Duignan made her debut as a face
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, using the ring name Rosie Lottalove and losing to Roxxi after refusing to take advantage of an interference from the Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne
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. Afterward, Lottalove knocked out Rayne and claimed that she would take her down and The Beautiful People altogether. However, after wrestling only two more matches for TNA, one a non-televised match and the other on '' Xplosion'', Lottalove's profile was removed from the company's official website on August 19, 2010, confirming her departure from TNA.
Five years later, Glidewell appeared at the taping for the TNA pay-per-view Knockouts Knockdown 3 on February 14, 2015, where she lost to Awesome Kong
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.
Japan and retirement (2011–2012)
On May 15, 2011, Glidewell made her debut for Japanese promotion World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana, working under the ring name Andrea Mother and defeated Kyoko Inoue
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in the main event. On July 10, she teamed with Aja Kong
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to defeat Inoue and Kaoru Ito in a tag team match. Mother and Kong's partnership also carried over to the Happy Hour promotion, where they were defeated by Inoue and Sareee on September 4. On September 10, Inoue defeated Mother in a rematch.
On June 24, 2012, Glidewell announced on her Twitter
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account that she would retire due to injuries.
Return and independent circuit (2014–2016)
In October 2014, Glidewell, now 127 pounds lighter, made her return to professional wrestling under the ring name Andréa.[ Glidewell would also become a mainstay in the female wrestling promotion, SHINE.
]
WWE NXT (2017–2018)
In June 2015, Glidewell took part in a WWE tryout camp. She competed in the October 22 taping of ''NXT
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Professional wrestling
* ''WWE NXT'', a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that began in 2010
** NXT (WWE brand), WWE's Florida-based brand and former developmental territory
* ''NXT UK'', the British spin- ...
'', losing to Emma. On January 4, 2017, WWE officially announced that Glidewell had signed with the company and would be reporting to the WWE Performance Center
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. Beginning in April, Gildwell appeared at NXT live events as a villainess under her real name, managing Lana
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Sciences
*L ...
during her matches. On June 28, 2017, she began competing under the ring name Sage Beckett. On July 13, Beckett entered the Mae Young Classic
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, but was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Bianca Belair
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. On March 8, 2018, WWE officially announced that Beckett was released from her NXT contract.
Championships and accomplishments
*World Xtreme Wrestling
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The pr ...
** WXW Women's Championship
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(1 time)[
** Elite 8 (2009)]
* Other titles
** CCM Women's Championship (1 time)[
]
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beckett, Sage
1985 births
American female professional wrestlers
Living people
Professional wrestlers from Florida
People from Ruskin, Florida
Sportspeople from Hillsborough County, Florida
21st-century American women
21st-century professional wrestlers